Official name: United Kingdom of Great Britain
Capital City : London
Area : 244,880 sq km
Highest point: Ben Nevis 1,343 m
Climate : Temperate: moderated by north Atlantic current
Population : 58,306,000
population Change:
0.7%
Life Expectancy : Males 73, females 79 years
Languages : English, welsh, Scots-Gaelic
Currency : £ (pound) sterling = 100 pence
Population per Doctor : . 300 people
Time Zone : GMT
Military Expenditure 4.0 % of GNP


FACTS ON THE UNITED KINGDOM

 
  • When we think of Big Ben in London, we think of the clock. Actually, it's the bell.
  • King George I of England could not speak English, he was born and raised in germany and never learned english. He let his ministers run the counrty to get round this problem.
  • Queen Elizabeth I of England suffered from anthophobia (a fear of roses).
  • Police Dogs were first used in Scotland 1816
  • Queen Victora's first act after her coronation as Queen of England was to remove her bed from her mothers room
  • The Automated Teller Machine (ATM) was introduced in England in 1965.
  • The Sitka spruce is Britain's most commonly planted tree.
  • Nova Scotia is Latin for 'New Scotland.'
  • In 1996, Alice replaced Charlotte as the most popular girls name in the UK and James replaced Peter as the most popular boys name
  • No location in the United Kingdom is more than 50 miles from the coast.
  • There is a cul de sac in Bristol England with the name of " There and back again lane"
  • Buckingham Palace has 602 rooms.
  • The first English Parliament was called into session by the Earl of Leicester on January 20, 1265.
  • The flag of the U.K. is properly known as the Union Flag. It is only called the Union Jack when it is flown from the jack mast of a ship.
  • Card cheats could be executed in 18th century England for forging the ace of spades
  • Every leap year in ancient Scotland, maidens were allowed to ask a man to be her husband, refusal cost him a pound.
  • The only House in England that the Queen may not enter is the House Of Commons as she is not a commoner.

 

 

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